Take the tenrec, for example. In this YouTube video, a tenrec sits in a little bathtub and meticulously It may seem counterintuitive, but dirt baths are an important hygiene process for many animals.

This strange little creature-which, to me, looks like an overgrown bumble bee with an unusually large snout-is a lowland streaked tenrec. They are native to Madagascar, covered in spines, and ...

Scientific name: Echinops telfairi Common name: Lesser Madagascar Tenrec, or Tandraka in Malagasy Description: The Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec has an appearance very much like a hedgehog and hence its… ...

Cuteness overload at Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio, USA: an adorable tenrec was spotted taking a bath in his very own tiny bathtub. Zookeepers caught the little mammal diligently scrubbing his body from ...

CINCINNATTI, O.H. (WNCT) — Briar the tenrec took a dust bath in a mini bathtub at the Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio recently. The zoo says the animals like to cover themselves in dust to mask the smell ...

Meet Gary the Lesser Tenrec at the Maryland Zoo. Gary, a lesser hedgehog tenrec, shows off his spunk. Skip to content. NOWCAST WBAL-TV 11 News Tonight. Watch on Demand ...